Kodoku na Palace

Kodoku na Palace (孤独なPalace Lonely Palace) is a coupling song to AKB0048's 569th (571th overall) single, Asphodel no Sekai.

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Successors: Takahashi Minami the 7th

151st Generation: Miyabi Honoka, Masuda Akari

Lyrics
Yuuhi no hikari no shita no Palace
 * -|Romaji=

Dare wa koko de ikiru?

Kesshite, dareka wa

Dare mo nyuujou janai

Dare wa Palace de ikiru no

Kodoku na hito ka?

Ichinen ni ichido, GEETO ga hiraku

Erande hito wa hairu

Kodoku na Ruler ni naru

Hoshi wo tsugu mono wa dare ka

Kyou made

Tada tanban wo miru nda

Cosmos ga erande Ruler no

Unmei no hi ga kita

Kodoku na Palace (ga kagayakeru ) hoshizora no shita de

Nantoka, sotchi ikiru wa yume da

Demo kowai da yo

Hitotsu no Ruler de ikiru

Queen no sonzai wa ii

Demo sekinin ga aru.

Hoshi no Palace iwayuru

Kotchi de ikitai

Tengoku ka jigoku ka

Minna ga iimashita

Kokoro no kettei da

Katamari no koe de michibiku

Palace no Ruler wa erandeta

Koun'na hito no tame ni yobidasu,

Aratana michi ga arawareru

Hoshi wa hirakumasu

Shinpi no

Palace de ikiru

Aratana Ruler wo kangei suru

Kagayakeru Palace (wa mabushii ) hoshizora no shita de

Nantoka genjitsu to ka

Nantoka mugen to ka

Zenzen shinjirarenai

Tsugi no byou no mukou de

Me wo hiraku yume wo wasureru

Hitotsu no hoshi ga umareta

Akogare no Palace

<font color="#B22222">Sorera subete no kibousha

Sorera subete no mudana negai

<font color="#9932CC">Hitori de erande wa

Yume no sekai he ikou

<font color="#B22222">Kodoku na Palace (<font color="#32CD32">ga kagayakeru ) <font color="#9932CC">hoshizora no shita de

Nantoka, sotchi ikiru wa yume da

Demo kowai da yo

Hitotsu no Ruler de ikiru

Queen no sonzai wa ii

Demo sekinin ga aru. The palace in the setting sun's light
 * -|English=

Who lives there?

No one ever enters the place

Who must be the lonely one

To live in the palace?

Once in a year, the gates open itself

And a chosen one will enter it

And become the lone ruler

Who will inherit the stars?

Until today

Having only seen the veneer

The fateful day when a new ruler is chosen

By the countless lights in the cosmos

The lonely palace (radiantly) under the starry sky

Somehow, it'd be a dream to live there

But it also scares me a lot

Living there as lonely ruler

Being the queen must be nice,

But bears responsibilities.

The so-called palace of stars,

The place where I want to be

Is it heaven or hell?

They say, it's the decision

That one's heart must make

Lead by the voices of plenty

The palace's ruler has been chosen

Calling out for the lucky one,

And new path opens up

The stars open up themselves

Ready to greet the new ruler

Who will live in the palace

That is a mystery itself

The shining palace (mysterious) in the starlight

Somehow, it seems reality

But at the same time, it isn't

It's absolutely unbelievable

I might will wake up in a second

And forget this dream

A single star is born

The admired palace

All those young hopefuls

All those wastes wishes

Yet, one will be chosen

To enter the lonely world of fulfilled dreams

The lonely palace (radiantly) under the starry sky

Somehow, it'd be a dream to live there

But it also scares me a lot

Living there as lonely ruler

Being the queen must be nice,

But bears responsibilities.

夕日の光の下のPalace
 * -|Japanese=

誰はここで生きる？

決して、誰かは

誰も入場じゃない

誰はPalaceで生きるの

孤独な人か？

一年に一度、ゲートが開く

選んで人は入る

孤独なRulerになる

星を継ぐものは誰とか

今日まで

ただ単板を見るんだ

Cosmosが選んでRulerの

運命の日が来た

孤独なPalace（が輝ける）星空の下で

なんとか、そっち生きるは夢だ

でも怖いだよ

一つのRulerで生きる

Queenの存在はいい

でも責任がある.

星のPalaceいわゆる

こっちで生きたい

天国か地獄か

みんあが言いました

心の決定だ

塊の声で導く

PalaceのRulerは選んでた

幸運な人のために呼び出す、

新たな道が現れる

星は開くます

神秘の

Palaceで生きる

新たなRulerを歓迎する

輝けるPalace（は眩しい）星空の下で

何とか　現実とか

何とか　夢幻とか

全然　信じられない

次の秒の向こうで

目を開く　夢を忘れる

一つの星が生まれた

憧れのPalace

それら全ての希望者

それら全ての無駄な願い

一人で選んでは

孤独な夢の世界へ移行

孤独なPalace（が輝ける）星空の下で

なんとか、そっち生きるは夢だ

でも怖いだよ

一つのRulerで生きる

Queenの存在はいい

でも責任がある.

MV
Somewhere in the dark, an old, dusty book is opened. It's title "The Story of the Lonely Palace" is written in golden letters on the brown cover.

The music starts playing and the story's words are written below the scenery. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful kingdom. The people lived in happiness and the country bloomed. Close to the beautiful capital, there was an large lake, and in the centre of the lake, an even more beautiful castle. The large gates of the palace never opened itself; the palace's ruler's wishes only reaching the people through magic.

But once in a year, a new queen would be chosen by the palace itself; the only day, it opened itself. It was a dream of many girls to be elected by the mysterious voice of the palace, to be named as new ruler.

Often, a young girl whose name was Minami dreamed of becoming the next ruler. However, the young daughter of normal citizens, was often told about the danger. The chosen girls were never to be seen again. She herself remembered the last two chosen ones very well. Minami is sitting on her windows sill, watching the people on the street.

Akari, the chosen girl two years ago, had been a good friend of her. She had accompanied her to the palace's entrance. She had been very happy and surprised, even if some rankings had shown her to be quite favoured by the people. Minami remembered those rankings very well; she had been favoured in them as well, originally even above Akari. Yet, she supported her friend, happy to see her winning. Minami remembers the time.

Akari had never returned. It was the first time in a long while that someone, Minami knew had been selected, but Akari never returned to them. Instead, a young girl named Honoka, Minami knew well too, had been called by the palace. Leaving one of her best friend crying behind, she left, and no one expected her to return home this year either.

Minami had noticed that everyone had become negative about the palace ever since her friends had left. Unknown to the girl who was walking through the streets, she was followed by two hooded figures.

"Hey," The smaller one says, "That's her. You don't wanna follow her?" The second one, taller than the other, nods, "Yeah."

As they follow them, the wind blows against the two strangers and their hoods shortly reveal their hair and clothes. The taller one, a brunette, reacts quickly, turning her back to the wind, while the other one with purple hair needs a bit more time.

A little bit later, the three girls have arrived at the sea's beach. "Interested in the palace?" The purple-haired girl asks Minami, keeping her face disguised. "Hm?" Minami turns around, "Who are you?"�The taller one shrugs, "Doesn't matter. Are you interested in the palace?"

Before Minami is able to reply, the palace behind them starts to shine thanks to the setting sun's light. "It's starting…" Minami says in awe. The two hooded figures giggle a bit, causing Minami to turn back to them.

"You two…" Minami whispers, "You know more about the palace, do you?" The two strangers look to each other, nodding. They uncover their identities, revealing themselves as the last two ruler's, Akari and Honoka.�"Yes, we do." Honoka smiles. Akari speaks with a mysterious smile, "We thought you might wanna know that beforehand that..." She grins.

The next page of the book displays the words "To be continued".